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Show CHALLENGE GOVERNOR TO A DIGGING CONTEST PITTSBURG, Kan.. Feb. 19. Alex- snder M. Howat, replying today to a' statement made si Saljna yesterdas bj (io ernor Allen in which the state e- ' ecutlve j-.-iiii ihrr the presldeni of the Kansas miners' union might fooh "be doing some useful work for the state ,mi the t-.jal mines at lanslng,' chal- , ! b nged the governor to a test of abll- I Ity to dig coal. "I'll dig four tons of coal to his one ad t h. on who backs out first m agree to leavethe state." said Howat., "1 am gettinc tired of havilig Oov- crnor Allen go around the slate tell Ing the pi ol. what a wonderful thing i li Industrial court is an.i what soft Job I bar and how I sponge off the workmen Now Is ldc i bancs to prove I am useless If he does not accept ehallt age be mil hi 1 1 well shut - (VI ' 1 |